Kharhara
Kharhara is a small town in Banka district in the state of Bihar, India. It is the birthplace of Satish Chandra Jha, one of seven martyrs Shaheed Smarak Patna who hoisted the flag of India at Patna Secretariat during 1942 Quit India Movement.
Kharhara | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Kharhara Location in Bihar, India | |
| Coordinates: 24.88°N 86.92°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| Division | Bhagalpur |
| District | Banka |
| Elevation | 79 m (259 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 12,086 |
| • Rank | 227 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Angika, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 813103 |
| Telephone code | 91 6424 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-BR |
| Vehicle registration | BR-51 |
| Sex ratio | 1.17 ♂/♀ |
| Website | www |
Demographics
According to Census 2011 information the location code of Kharhara is 241176. Kharhara is located in Barahat Tehsil of Banka district in Bihar, India. It is situated 4 km away from sub-district headquarter Barahat and 8 km away from district headquarter Banka. As per 2009 stats, Kharhara is the gram panchayat of Kharhara.
Climate
| Climate data for Kharhara, Banka | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22 (72) |
27.2 (81.0) |
31 (88) |
37 (99) |
34 (93) |
36 (97) |
33 (91) |
34 (93) |
31 (88) |
32 (90) |
30 (86) |
25 (77) |
37 (99) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 7 (45) |
9 (48) |
12 (54) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
26 (79) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
21 (70) |
16 (61) |
9 (48) |
9 (48) |
| Source: [1] | |||||||||||||
Literacy
Total 8076 people in the small town are literate, among them 5330 are male and 2745 are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Kharhara is 60%. 74% of male and 44% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the village has increased by 10%. Male literacy has gone up by 6% and female literacy rate has gone up by 16%.
Economy
Agriculture is the main profession of this village. Still, this village is for Industrial development Indian oil gas bottling plant,[2] School,[3] Hotel[4] Drinking water, Road, and Electricity from 400/132 KV POWERGRID BANKA SUB-STATION[5] are the main concern of this village. The young generation is more attracted towards mobile, Laptop and computer technology these days. If banks and finance institutions provide loan and other financial support to the villagers, this village will see the real development. Medical and health services have to be improved.
Transport
Bhagalpur Deoghar Road, Banka, Godda are the nearby by towns to Kharhara having road connectivity to Kharhara. Connected with 
NH 333A.[6]
Barahat railway station, Punsia railway station are the very nearby railway stations to Kharhara. Murahara Railway Station (near to Banka), Banka Railway Station (near to Banka) are the Rail way stations reachable from near by towns. How ever Bhagalpur Railway Station is major railway station 40 KM near to Kharhara
Deoghar Airport[7] (ICAO: IN-0090) is located at New Deoghar,[8] in the state of Jharkhand, India. How ever Deoghar Airport is major Airport 75 KM near to Kharhara
References
- Kharhara, Banka, Bihar Weather Bing Weather Oct 2018
- Bottling plant spurs hope for LPG users The Telegraph 19, Feb 2015
- Amar Sahid Satish Project Girls High School Kharhara Vidyalayavihar.in
- Hotel in Kharhara Hotel Justdial
- 400/132 KV POWERGRID BANKA SUB-STATION Electricity
- "Move afoot to upgrade SH-19 as 4-lane NH". indiatimes.com. 29 October 2018.
- "Pre-Feasibility report" (PDF). Environmentalclearance.nic.in. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- "Jharkhand's Deoghar airport to start operations in November: Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri". CNBC Tv18. 12 September 2020.